Jaitu-based Kheti Virasat Mission (KVM) today expressed serious reservations over the report on organic farming recently released by the Punjab State Farmers' Commission.

Dubbing the report as a “blatant attack” on all initiatives for ecological sustainability of Punjab, KVM, in a press release, alleged that portions of the report that appeared in newspapers were “misleading”

“Studies done by ICRISAT and IRRI clearly demonstrate the sustainability, viability and successful

economics of non-pesticide management practices. Farmers in Bangladesh, Philippines and Vietnam have successfully opted for pesticide-free rice cultivation. Cuba has also shown the way," said the release, quoting former director general of IRRI Dr Robert Cantrell, as saying, “It shows that the mistakes of the Green Revolution, where too much emphasis was put on the use of chemicals for pest control, have clearly been recognised and corrected.”

“The FAO also, in its report on international conference on organic agriculture and food security held at Rome in July last year, clearly says that organic food can feed the world,” the release added.

The Kheti Virasat Mission has now decided to organise a national conference to bring out the the truth before the people of Punjab. KVM said in the release that several organic and natural farmers and scientists from across country will participate in the meet.